Probably a step or two beyond the tech of the time. For a commercial airplane it was not a financial success. Still, it put the aviation industry of Britain and France back on the map. It definitely enabled the success of Airbus, another Anglo-French joint venture.
@@golbalhelmut8442 Actually--''the fuel'' is paid for by the passenger's, who were only too glad to do so. Through Choice. They also provided BA with 25% of all their NET profits.
@Hawkeye Mods Of course, and the reasons---are varied, Both Airlines had signed a contract, agreeing, that if one company ended schedule services with Concorde, the other would, also. The French, after the terrible crash, could not afford all the safety updates forced on them, and had a history (revealed in a TV documentary ) showing they had not always, complied with certain new procedures. This has been contested by the French, unsurprisingly. Two high tech company's, that made special service parts for Concorde, went broke, they also provided parts for Britains only remaining Vulcan Bomber, which also, had to be grounded, only more recently.. Politics also came into it. BA. would have continued with Concorde, but through French insistance, ,all planes lost their Airworthyness certificates. They were destroyed. All Concorde engines, are now scrap. They had to be started and run, every few days, for technical reasons. Regarding cost of fares, if a Concorde was suddenly put back in service, I'm sure that ( judging by the thousands of comments online) the queue for tickets, would be endless. The rich, have always paid for luxury, and / or speed. Be it ocean Liner's, Fast Trains, or Concorde.
@@MrDaiseymay I was also told that poor maintenance on Air France's Concorde was Also to blame as well I was lucky enough to go on all 7 BA Concordes and had the luck of meeting Mel Brooks at Heathrow T4 where Concorde used to fly from but as you say she was a supersonic taxi Service and I have still got my Concorde Pens as well. This plane in my eyes will always be the Lady of the skies
I'm here with my dad (RIP) and my 2 oldest children.. In a stroller. The left wing passed directly over my head as we were on the grass. I have video of that somewhere. It was captivating. What a shame.
This particular Concorde G-BOAF (Alpha Foxtrot) was the very last to fly when she returned to her birthplace in Filton, Bristol UK, to take her place in the museum there. A sad end to the most loved and beautiful airliner ever built.Remember her flying over the Clifton Suspension Bridge on her way to her final landing? I miss her every day.
I'm so glad Concorde Alpha Foxtrot is finally in a shelter being properly preserved from the outside elements. She was outside exposed to the elements for over a decade. I hope that Alpha Bravo can find some shelter at Heathrow too.
1/2 I remember 1978 being a small boy at a air show. We were standing as close to the runway as permitted. At that age Concorde was stuff every little boy dreamed of. Sitting on my dads shoulders i remember seeing her start the take off run, getting faster and closer to us with every second. Overwhelmed with excitement, fixated in wonder as it rotated right level of us. The noise was defining, the air shook and the vibration went right through my body. Memories of that childhood moment....
I was there during all of the visits of the Concorde to Oshkosh. What a site to see. Very loud no only on take off but landing as well. Made everyone stop what they were doing when she taxied by. Just beautiful. I remember many of times my ears ringing after take offs and landings. I sure do miss this aircraft.
Me too, I used to live half a mile from Filton Aifield and Concorde assembly hall. When those engines were being tested and developed. , well you can imagine, everything else stopped. Sometimes A Vulcan nuclear V bomber would visit for check-ups. As you'll know, Concordes engines were based on the Roll Royce Vulcans. engines.
Oh sweet Jesus Christ! That isn't noise, it's aural perfection. Raw, brute double R power and the sexiest of looks make this stunning aircraft the head turner of the aviation world. Everyone, regardless of where you were born, wanted to see her. My country made that noise: we made those engines. I am so, so proud of you Concorde. Supreme British engineering. I wish you were still here. No other aircraft will ever come close.
I still live a couple of miles out of heathrow and still miss the sound of Concorde taking off. Used to hear it everyday when I was a kid. I seriously hope one day that they can fly again.
Probably the best video of this beauty to revive the unmistakeable sound of those RR Olympus engines. Back in the day, I had the luck to spot the Concorde a few times at Heathrow or gliding over London and, gosh, it was LOUD!!!
I will never forget that sound and i was lucky enough to fly on her. I also used to see Concorde over London every day,in the morning on the way to New York and the afternoon on the return journey.So sad and wrong that this wonder of design and speed is no longer flying.
My flying instructor was an ex-concorde pilot. They used to charter Concorde and fly it from New York down to Oshkosh with aviation enthusiasts loving the ride down. How cool is that! Bit of a come down papping himself next to me in a C150!
This is an excellent video! I never had the chance to see the SST Concorde in person. What a shame! Good job and thanks for sharing it here! Ken Palmer
From any angle its Beautiful, a Swan in the sky, Concorde used to fly over my house (I live 20 miles due West of London Heathrow) twice a day, the 10:30 & early evening departures to New York & other destinations and it would deafen me! That said it was been-and-gone in 30 seconds. A small price to pay looking back with sadness at how the British aircraft industry no longer exists
THIS IS CONCORDE 216. G--BOAF. THE LAST CONCORDE MADE,( 1979 ) AND LAST ONE TO FLY, BACK TO FILTON, BRISTOL, ON 26th OF NOVEMBER 2003. WHERE SHE NOW STANDS, IN HER NEW MUSEUM.
21st Century aircraft created with mid-20th Century technology. She was just too ahead of her time. The most magnificent aircraft ever. No other has come close. So sad she's no longer flying :(
It. It's sad that "it's" no longer flying, not "she". As a pilot, I cringe when a machine is given a gender. It's bits of metal and plastic fused together. It's no more a "she" than your kettle or TV.
I understand your point but mid-20th Century technology produced some pretty amazing things even by today's standards, many of which we probably wouldn't be bold enough to build nowadays even with today's vastly improved technology. Concorde, SR71, XB-70, B58 just to name a few... And to think k what else COULD have been built if profit and politics didn't often come first. It was an amazing time with quantum leaps in performance and corresponding pride in achievement I'm wondering if we'll ever see again... I can only imagine what it must have been like for the privileged few who got to fly on it. What an amazing machine.
I love how Concorde just snootily took a massive dump on everything else in the sky. Who else but the French and Brits would run a plane for decades blowing past everyone at Mach 2.0 while serving tea, champagne and caviar.
THAT---was precisely the point of Concorde. If people can pay for the best, and fastest, as the well off always have, be it on Trains, Liner's, and Limmo's, great. They provided BA with 25% of their total profits.
Old person here, when I first joined BMA Ltd at LHR on the DC9 in late 88, our crew car park and some long stay parking ran between the northern airfield boundary fence and the A4 Bath road. Every time a Concorde departed, the glorious sight of the most beautiful aircraft the world had ever seen and the ear splitting roar of her four Olympus engines on full reheat would diminish towards the west and be replaced by a cacophony of car alarms set off by that ear splitting roar. Amazing how many people got back to their car after a long trip to find the battery completely flat!
I may have been at this same air show on this day. Remember multiple flights, it was relatively cheap to take a quick spin up over northern Canada and back. Like $750 IIRC which was a pittance compared to a one-way transatlantic ticket. Still have A LOT of Hi8 footage from Oshkosh in the 90s that I need to convert. Will upload some when I get it digitized.
Nick Magee - Brown. I just love this sort of envious statement. Take an average person and give them the option of flying at 80,000 feet at Mach 3, stuffed into a 'space' suite with the nearest toilet some 16 miles away and sucking through a tube for a drink OR flying at 60,000 feet at Mach 2.04, in your own comfortable clothing, in an air conditioned cabin, with the toilets a few steps away, eating a 5 course meal and drinking champagne from a glass.
My parents had a house 10 kilometers away from Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, and they could hear the Concorde taking of every morning around 11 o'clock.
CaptainDangeax I used to hear the noise in my house in South London - I always recognised the noise of Concorde and used to rush outside to see it fly overhead. I’ll never forget those times.
G-BOAF, was the VERY LAST concorde to fly, and it is currently sitting about 5 miles away from me typing this, in the city where she was made, Bristol, England, about 125 miles west of London. The most beautiful aeroplane ever made, bar NONE!
I hope oneday they will at least set Concorde free to spread her delta wings once more at an air show. I miss her so much! Like the Avro Vulcan, she deserves some air space!
Why not be proud of it? For 2 countries to come together and make possibly the most amazing technical and artistic achievement should be a source of pride for all in those countries. For such a high tech bird to be made in 1969 shows what we could to if we focused our energies today. Concorde's spirit lives on in the people that made her and the Vulcan that still flies!
This bird used to Land at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England. I used to stand at the very end of the runway when it came in to land. It would come over at 100 feet over my head and I was a very happy man!
2/2 .....and the excitement it gave me has stayed with me always. Last year i was at the Duxford looking at Concorde. Not far from me there was a father with a couple of kids about the age i was back then looking with interest and it made me feel a little sad for them. They were just looking at a lifeless exhibit and I thought...your never going to see it alive, hear the noise, feel the vibration or experience what it was that blew the mind of that little boy all those years ago.
The queen of aircrafts. A thuggish fist wrapped in the most beautiful velvet: brutality disguised as a swan. Only the British, the world's best aeroplane builders, could have powered this wonderful machine. You make me very proud, Concorde. I would sell my soul to see you again. RIP
@@user-ky6vw5up9m Early post -war ideas, no computer's or technology like today, just keen young men in a competition for the new Jet age. It was all for the taking, accidents were bound to happen
One of my earliest childhood memories was watching this take off. Never forgot it. How sad that for a child in 2013 Concorde is nothing more than a lifeless museum exhibit.
I remember sitting along side the road, south of the airport, with my dad, and we came just to watch it take off. Wasnt this particular take off, because I remember it looked like it barely missed the trees. Good times though, to bad its gone
Follks, want to know how good Concord was, consider a Bus quicker than an F1 car, Concord proved that it would be possible to build a passenger bus to race an F1 car, travel further and you wouldnt have to pee yourself doing it. The best areoplane ever built, one crash and it was withdrawn, if we withdrew everything that failed once we would now be back living in caves.
it was politics too---the French didn't want to keep paying for the rising cost of maintenance and upgrading, and Britain couldn't go it alone. Besides, they both signed a contract, right at the beginning, that if one halted the project, the other would too
It wasn't just one crash. The aircraft was expensive to run, could only fly supersonic over water so had limited routes it could fly and Airbus were about to stop furnishing it with spare parts. Also, 9/11 occurred around the time it was back in service and a lot of people were put off flying for a while. It was also the only plane in BA's fleet that required a flight engineer. Basically it was a technological masterpiece but a financial wet blanket.
I shall always miss the excitment of Take off in concorde, was amazing ! Once I sat in row 24 seat A, The Last row of the 2nd cabin. And the Ground starts to Rumble around You, as the afterbuners come into play.. Its ear shattering, the Noise, In the Back end of the Plance which is not experinced as much, in the foward Cabin..Incredible Experience, was Concorde...
Impressive and beautiful . I love and respect the huge amount of engineering , time , and money it takes to conceive , build , and maintain these extraordinary aircraft . Another fine example of beauty in flight is seeing the space shuttle hitching a ride atop of a Boeing 747 . Sublime .
great ride-and looking back the only aircraft I have been on where ppl actually smiled at you and even jaded biz ppl were excited to be aboard once again, it was amazing flight-great food- better champagne !!!!
This Concorde departure was made with ZERO AFTERBURNERS probably due to regulations. Having witnessed numerous Corcorde takeoffs from Heathrow (London), they are always done with FULL AFTERBURNERS although runway length all exceed 12000 feet. Even more spectacular. [Melbourne Australia 2022]
Concorde always took off using afterburners once she reached a certain height after takeoff the afterburner was cut and the nose raised once Concorde reached the Atlantic Ocean then clearance was given for the afterburners to be reheated to get her Mach 1 cruising speed
i came so close to getting a flight on her for business in 98, never did get another practical chance to fly on the concorde :( jealous of those that have
+Léo VanWillem Concorde was built through bilateral agreement of Britain and France, before the EU even existed. If we tried to make it now, the EU would probably shut it down because of "environmental regulations" or some other ridiculous Eurocrat reason!
@jonny96, I have seen a number of airshows and been 'lucky' enough to have been just 100m from the side of a runway when Concorde rotated on take off. The noise from a small aircraft (F15, F22) is loud, but from Concorde it is much louder and really does make your insides shake. Also he might have warned the crowd about other aircraft but they are not shown on this video. But then again have you ever heard an early morning VC-10 take off. No need for alarm clocks!
@tim60s321 You wrote the right words about this one of the most beautifull creations made by mankind Tears in my eyes when i realize this beauty is history
I was stationed at RAF Lyneham in the mid seventies and often took a trip to Fairford to watch her take off. What an absolutely amazing sight and sound. If you ever get the chance, go and see the Vulcan XH558. It's an equally impressive performance and she should be around for a few more years yet hopefully.
@@MrDaiseymay I know, I wrote that 10 years ago! But I have been to see her in retirement at Doncaster airport. Not sure about her future now though as the airport is closing down
Surely the most beautiful man-made machine that ever flew. Londoners would stop in the street and watch, even if they'd seen her many times before. All day long, neutered planes would tiptoe in and out quietly; then this fabulous freebird, who didn't give a shit how much noise she made, would appear in a wall of unfettered, crackling thunder, blow all the dull and grey things away, and the excited kid sprang up inside you. Profitable? In money, no. In spirit and soul..? Immeasurably.
Absolutely, totally and unequivocally the best jet aircraft ever.
No question about it. 4 afterburning turbojet's on a commercial airliner is just awesome!
And the XB 70
Probably a step or two beyond the tech of the time. For a commercial airplane it was not a financial success. Still, it put the aviation industry of Britain and France back on the map. It definitely enabled the success of Airbus, another Anglo-French joint venture.
@@WilliamMurphy-uv9pmearned BA £500 million alone in profit……..
They crashed dude...
Surely the most beautiful machine ever made by man
1978 dodge omni being a close second
@@andrewchaston503 definitely not
Beauty is objective
@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 haha, the Americans have never created an attractive machine
My washing machine saves my wife a life of misery!
The British and French built the most beautiful airliner the world has ever seen. Simply stunning. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could do it again!
Waste of fuel.
@@golbalhelmut8442 Actually--''the fuel'' is paid for by the passenger's, who were only too glad to do so. Through Choice. They also provided BA with 25% of all their NET profits.
@Hawkeye Mods Of course, and the reasons---are varied, Both Airlines had signed a contract, agreeing, that if one company ended schedule services with Concorde, the other would, also. The French, after the terrible crash, could not afford all the safety updates forced on them, and had a history (revealed in a TV documentary ) showing they had not always, complied with certain new procedures. This has been contested by the French, unsurprisingly. Two high tech company's, that made special service parts for Concorde, went broke, they also provided parts for Britains only remaining Vulcan Bomber, which also, had to be grounded, only more recently.. Politics also came into it. BA. would have continued with Concorde, but through French insistance, ,all planes lost their Airworthyness certificates. They were destroyed. All Concorde engines, are now scrap. They had to be started and run, every few days, for technical reasons. Regarding cost of fares, if a Concorde was suddenly put back in service, I'm sure that ( judging by the thousands of comments online) the queue for tickets, would be endless. The rich, have always paid for luxury, and / or speed. Be it ocean Liner's, Fast Trains, or Concorde.
@@golbalhelmut8442 FROM YOU A WASTE OF SPACE
@@MrDaiseymay I was also told that poor maintenance on Air France's Concorde was Also to blame as well I was lucky enough to go on all 7 BA Concordes and had the luck of meeting Mel Brooks at Heathrow T4 where Concorde used to fly from but as you say she was a supersonic taxi Service and I have still got my Concorde Pens as well. This plane in my eyes will always be the Lady of the skies
This is by far the best looking commercial plane. Simply incredible. I'm sure it was amazing to see close up during takeoff.
----and HEAR
I’m sitting here with my uncle and he was here wow
I'm here with my dad (RIP) and my 2 oldest children.. In a stroller. The left wing passed directly over my head as we were on the grass. I have video of that somewhere. It was captivating. What a shame.
Even better to fly on!
The greatest, most iconic airliner ever.
This particular Concorde G-BOAF (Alpha Foxtrot) was the very last to fly when she returned to her birthplace in Filton, Bristol UK, to take her place in the museum there. A sad end to the most loved and beautiful airliner ever built.Remember her flying over the Clifton Suspension Bridge on her way to her final landing? I miss her every day.
I'm so glad Concorde Alpha Foxtrot is finally in a shelter being properly preserved from the outside elements. She was outside exposed to the elements for over a decade.
I hope that Alpha Bravo can find some shelter at Heathrow too.
Don't stop there, All three US (GIFTS) were / are, neglected just as badly.@@Samuel-gc6js
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I remember 1978 being a small boy at a air show. We were standing as close to the runway as permitted. At that age Concorde was stuff every little boy dreamed of. Sitting on my dads shoulders i remember seeing her start the take off run, getting faster and closer to us with every second. Overwhelmed with excitement, fixated in wonder as it rotated right level of us. The noise was defining, the air shook and the vibration went right through my body. Memories of that childhood moment....
How is your hearing these days ? just wondering.
I was there during all of the visits of the Concorde to Oshkosh. What a site to see. Very loud no only on take off but landing as well. Made everyone stop what they were doing when she taxied by. Just beautiful. I remember many of times my ears ringing after take offs and landings. I sure do miss this aircraft.
Me too, I used to live half a mile from Filton Aifield and Concorde assembly hall. When those engines were being tested and developed. , well you can imagine, everything else stopped. Sometimes A Vulcan nuclear V bomber would visit for check-ups. As you'll know, Concordes engines were based on the Roll Royce Vulcans. engines.
Oh sweet Jesus Christ! That isn't noise, it's aural perfection. Raw, brute double R power and the sexiest of looks make this stunning aircraft the head turner of the aviation world. Everyone, regardless of where you were born, wanted to see her. My country made that noise: we made those engines. I am so, so proud of you Concorde. Supreme British engineering. I wish you were still here. No other aircraft will ever come close.
neither Britain, or France, could have made Concorde ,alone. It's all in the NAME.
I still live a couple of miles out of heathrow and still miss the sound of Concorde taking off. Used to hear it everyday when I was a kid. I seriously hope one day that they can fly again.
Great shot! Watching a Concorde take off is definitely A MUST WATCH thing to see.
makes me proud to be british seeing this take off
if not---what would ?
The "wows!" and applause says it all.
Her reteierment is the first time in aviation history that tecnology goes a step back
No, the knowhow still remains
@The Boeing Kid YEP=--BUT, WASN'T IT'S PURPOSE SUPERCEDED BY SATELITE INTELLIGENGE NOW? WHEREAS, CONCORDES ADVANTAGES ARE SIMPLY WASTED.
Jorge Jarpa
She was a beautiful bird.
Saw one of her first flights, and her last.
Brings tears to my eyes.
@The Boeing Kid - SR-71 was a piece of shit. 12 of the 32 built crashed. Absolute junk.
Add the TSR2 to the list!
The most beautiful plane ever created.
I have the feeling that we take a step back, every time a look at the world's most beautiful plane ever built
Probably the best video of this beauty to revive the unmistakeable sound of those RR Olympus engines. Back in the day, I had the luck to spot the Concorde a few times at Heathrow or gliding over London and, gosh, it was LOUD!!!
Concorde’s flight path was over my house and you could always hear the roar of the Rolls Royce Olympus snecma engines as she made her way to the USA
I saw her every Sunday lunctime, the only plane that people would actually go outside to see, amazing
I will never forget that sound and i was lucky enough to fly on her.
I also used to see Concorde over London every day,in the morning on the way to New York and the afternoon on the return journey.So sad and wrong that this wonder of design and speed is no longer flying.
The most beautiful plane ever built!
I agree...maybe DC-3, maybe SR-71 airshow in Canada...but the Concorde is pure grace.
that take off is the most amazing thing i've ever seen
Check this out
th-cam.com/video/cVH0fFzxcR0/w-d-xo.html
My flying instructor was an ex-concorde pilot. They used to charter Concorde and fly it from New York down to Oshkosh with aviation enthusiasts loving the ride down. How cool is that! Bit of a come down papping himself next to me in a C150!
This is an excellent video! I never had the chance to see the SST Concorde in person. What a shame! Good job and thanks for sharing it here!
Ken Palmer
From any angle its Beautiful, a Swan in the sky, Concorde used to fly over my house (I live 20 miles due West of London Heathrow) twice a day, the 10:30 & early evening departures to New York & other destinations and it would deafen me! That said it was been-and-gone in 30 seconds. A small price to pay looking back with sadness at how the British aircraft industry no longer exists
THIS IS CONCORDE 216. G--BOAF. THE LAST CONCORDE MADE,( 1979 ) AND LAST ONE TO FLY, BACK TO FILTON, BRISTOL, ON 26th OF NOVEMBER 2003. WHERE SHE NOW STANDS, IN HER NEW MUSEUM.
21st Century aircraft created with mid-20th Century technology. She was just too ahead of her time. The most magnificent aircraft ever. No other has come close. So sad she's no longer flying :(
colin mark SR71? Yep.
Erik Larson Thats not a passenger plane.
nope. it's a freeking Concorde.
It. It's sad that "it's" no longer flying, not "she". As a pilot, I cringe when a machine is given a gender. It's bits of metal and plastic fused together. It's no more a "she" than your kettle or TV.
I understand your point but mid-20th Century technology produced some pretty amazing things even by today's standards, many of which we probably wouldn't be bold enough to build nowadays even with today's vastly improved technology. Concorde, SR71, XB-70, B58 just to name a few... And to think
k what else COULD have been built if profit and politics didn't often come first. It was an amazing time with quantum leaps in performance and corresponding pride in achievement I'm wondering if we'll ever see again... I can only imagine what it must have been like for the privileged few who got to fly on it. What an amazing machine.
Awesome - the plane, the roar of the engines. Love it! Gives me chills as it rotates and climbs - very nice video. Thanks for posting.
I love how Concorde just snootily took a massive dump on everything else in the sky. Who else but the French and Brits would run a plane for decades blowing past everyone at Mach 2.0 while serving tea, champagne and caviar.
THAT---was precisely the point of Concorde. If people can pay for the best, and fastest, as the well off always have, be it on Trains, Liner's, and Limmo's, great. They provided BA with 25% of their total profits.
The sound, the sight! Absolutely Beautiful 😍
Old person here, when I first joined BMA Ltd at LHR on the DC9 in late 88, our crew car park and some long stay parking ran between the northern airfield boundary fence and the A4 Bath road. Every time a Concorde departed, the glorious sight of the most beautiful aircraft the world had ever seen and the ear splitting roar of her four Olympus engines on full reheat would diminish towards the west and be replaced by a cacophony of car alarms set off by that ear splitting roar. Amazing how many people got back to their car after a long trip to find the battery completely flat!
Those RR Olympus 593 Turbojets screaming in all their glory😎😎😎😎
And they can set off car alarms too
Was there and got some great videos... I'll look them up and post.
Magnificent airliner...
I may have been at this same air show on this day. Remember multiple flights, it was relatively cheap to take a quick spin up over northern Canada and back. Like $750 IIRC which was a pittance compared to a one-way transatlantic ticket. Still have A LOT of Hi8 footage from Oshkosh in the 90s that I need to convert. Will upload some when I get it digitized.
Nick Magee - Brown. I just love this sort of envious statement. Take an average person and give them the option of flying at 80,000 feet at Mach 3, stuffed into a 'space' suite with the nearest toilet some 16 miles away and sucking through a tube for a drink OR flying at 60,000 feet at Mach 2.04, in your own comfortable clothing, in an air conditioned cabin, with the toilets a few steps away, eating a 5 course meal and drinking champagne from a glass.
YEP, THAT ABOUT COVER'S IT
OMG I miss her. Just saw this video for the first time. Massive lump in my throat at the moment. :-(
My parents had a house 10 kilometers away from Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, and they could hear the Concorde taking of every morning around 11 o'clock.
CaptainDangeax I used to hear the noise in my house in South London - I always recognised the noise of Concorde and used to rush outside to see it fly overhead. I’ll never forget those times.
that is what all aircrafts should sound like loud loud loud and powerful
ramprashad29 most British aircraft did
My thoughts exactly!
Yours is a RARE wish, but I agree with you.
Such a beautiful, amazing sounding aircraft.
Speed bird Number 1.
I PILOTING THIS AMAZING AIRPLANE FOR 10YEARS. REMEMBER WHIT BIG EMOCION WATCHING THIS SPETTACULAR VIDEOS. Cry cry....some
in your dreams
@@MrDaiseymay another 9 car Cottrell, who keeps commenting he's an ex Concorde pilot lol
@sgh1963 I agree 100%. The Spitfire, the Concorde, the Harrier. Marvelous feats of engineering.
G-BOAF, was the VERY LAST concorde to fly, and it is currently sitting about 5 miles away from me typing this, in the city where she was made, Bristol, England, about 125 miles west of London. The most beautiful aeroplane ever made, bar NONE!
I hope oneday they will at least set Concorde free to spread her delta wings once more at an air show. I miss her so much! Like the Avro Vulcan, she deserves some air space!
Wow - holy smokes. Crazy power and noise.
Why not be proud of it? For 2 countries to come together and make possibly the most amazing technical and artistic achievement should be a source of pride for all in those countries. For such a high tech bird to be made in 1969 shows what we could to if we focused our energies today. Concorde's spirit lives on in the people that made her and the Vulcan that still flies!
I like how all these videos are turning up everyday. Pleasant surprises.
great to see this on TH-cam, i use to watch it as a kid flying over our house, I lived in Surrey England then. Those were the days.
I was so lucky to see this on the approach to Heathrow every day..and the best thing is i got to fly in this amazing aircraft.
This bird used to Land at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England. I used to stand at the very end of the runway when it came in to land. It would come over at 100 feet over my head and I was a very happy man!
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.....and the excitement it gave me has stayed with me always. Last year i was at the Duxford looking at Concorde. Not far from me there was a father with a couple of kids about the age i was back then looking with interest and it made me feel a little sad for them. They were just looking at a lifeless exhibit and I thought...your never going to see it alive, hear the noise, feel the vibration or experience what it was that blew the mind of that little boy all those years ago.
THANK GOD FOR VID REORDINGS EH ?
Same here. I really miss the Concorde to.
absolutely stunning
The queen of aircrafts. A thuggish fist wrapped in the most beautiful velvet: brutality disguised as a swan. Only the British, the world's best aeroplane builders, could have powered this wonderful machine. You make me very proud, Concorde. I would sell my soul to see you again. RIP
sgh1963 British Comet 1 Airliner had many crashes owing to design.
@@user-ky6vw5up9m Early post -war ideas, no computer's or technology like today, just keen young men in a competition for the new Jet age. It was all for the taking, accidents were bound to happen
It was a joint venture with Britain and France but yes definitely one of the best aircraft’s ever built
This is the silliest comment I've seen in a while to be honest. I bet you wear union jack outfits and write poems about royalty
This gives me the goosebumps- watching Feb 2021
wish she was still flying,beautifull to see the take -offs everytime!
One of my earliest childhood memories was watching this take off. Never forgot it. How sad that for a child in 2013 Concorde is nothing more than a lifeless museum exhibit.
Concorde and the Aero...it truly is sad to see these pieces of history gone,,,,
fantastic video! one of the best ive seen yet, i feel quite teary to think ill never hear those engines fly over again
I'm glad some Americans appreciate great British engineering. 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
AS WE DO THEIRS, IN FACT, ALL GREAT WORK DESERVES PRAISE DUE.
And French
I remember sitting along side the road, south of the airport, with my dad, and we came just to watch it take off. Wasnt this particular take off, because I remember it looked like it barely missed the trees. Good times though, to bad its gone
That people, is why i'm proud to live in Oshkosh,Wisconsin.
Follks, want to know how good Concord was, consider a Bus quicker than an F1 car, Concord proved that it would be possible to build a passenger bus to race an F1 car, travel further and you wouldnt have to pee yourself doing it.
The best areoplane ever built, one crash and it was withdrawn, if we withdrew everything that failed once we would now be back living in caves.
it was politics too---the French didn't want to keep paying for the rising cost of maintenance and upgrading, and Britain couldn't go it alone. Besides, they both signed a contract, right at the beginning, that if one halted the project, the other would too
It wasn't just one crash. The aircraft was expensive to run, could only fly supersonic over water so had limited routes it could fly and Airbus were about to stop furnishing it with spare parts. Also, 9/11 occurred around the time it was back in service and a lot of people were put off flying for a while. It was also the only plane in BA's fleet that required a flight engineer. Basically it was a technological masterpiece but a financial wet blanket.
It still takes your breath away.
Simply amazing.! It went up like an F15 but with PAX =S
The most outstanding and beautiful aircraft ever ever built, it needs to be brought back with today's technology and flown again❤👍👍
The British Win...I love the concorde
I will miss that. I love that I live in Oshkosh!
What a beautiful and spectacular aircraft she was. All other airliners are just boring in comparison.
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that is soo cool. thanks for posting that video!
I shall always miss the excitment of Take off in concorde, was amazing !
Once I sat in row 24 seat A, The Last row of the 2nd cabin.
And the Ground starts to Rumble around You, as the afterbuners come into play..
Its ear shattering, the Noise, In the Back end of the Plance which is not experinced as much, in the foward Cabin..Incredible Experience, was Concorde...
Then you woke up from the dream
Impressive and beautiful . I love and respect the huge amount of engineering , time , and money it takes to conceive , build , and maintain these extraordinary aircraft . Another fine example of beauty in flight is seeing the space shuttle hitching a ride atop of a Boeing 747 . Sublime .
Great job warning the parents for the kids ears.
EXCELLENT !
great ride-and looking back the only aircraft I have been on where ppl actually smiled at you and even jaded biz ppl were excited to be aboard once again, it was amazing flight-great food- better champagne !!!!
I never knew Concorde visited EAA. Awesome!!!
Still looking so so beautiful!!!😊😊😊
Beautiful just beautiful!
This Concorde departure was made with ZERO AFTERBURNERS probably due to regulations. Having witnessed numerous Corcorde takeoffs from Heathrow (London), they are always done with FULL AFTERBURNERS although runway length all exceed 12000 feet. Even more spectacular. [Melbourne Australia 2022]
Concorde always took off using afterburners once she reached a certain height after takeoff the afterburner was cut and the nose raised once Concorde reached the Atlantic Ocean then clearance was given for the afterburners to be reheated to get her Mach 1 cruising speed
@@pj6641 agree. SEE ABOVE Comment. 🙂
the sound is amazing!
That sound has just given me a trouser accident!
hope someday concorde will be back flying again soon...
Only Cival aircraft to raise applause and laughter, and lots of chatter on take-off
it was a amazing aircaft and sorly missed, RIP !
i came so close to getting a flight on her for business in 98, never did get another practical chance to fly on the concorde :( jealous of those that have
SPECTACULAR
British Airways should bring these back!!
Owners are not interested
Air France too 👌
TECHNICALLY /FINANCIALLY IMPOSSIBLE. THOSE ENGINES NEEDED TO BE STARTED REGULARLY, FOR TECHNICAL REASONS. THEY WILL ALL BE SCRAP NOW.
I Was on it in 2006
@@weirdyoutubef4189 In a museum?
The pinnacle of civil aviation.
They crashed...
@gregtennessee8249 mmm so do UFOs ...apparently......ET is also fallable!
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The end of an era ❤😢
british design and built when we had something to be proud of
As well you should be. Whoever drew this design up is a freaking genius.
Roger Young And french ;) That is, i think, the best example of why UK shouldn't leave EU!
+Léo VanWillem Concorde was built through bilateral agreement of Britain and France, before the EU even existed. If we tried to make it now, the EU would probably shut it down because of "environmental regulations" or some other ridiculous Eurocrat reason!
yeah, now all we got is a country over run with foreigners
Including foreigners who helped build Concorde.
I have goosebumps...
I dearly miss the Concorde, the F-14 Tomcat, and now the Space Shuttle.
No one can beat the Concorde!
The Concorde was based on both British and French prototypes; the Bristol Type 223 and the Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle
I had no idea this happened or that Oshkosh had a runway long enough for concorde. awesome
@jonny96, I have seen a number of airshows and been 'lucky' enough to have been just 100m from the side of a runway when Concorde rotated on take off. The noise from a small aircraft (F15, F22) is loud, but from Concorde it is much louder and really does make your insides shake. Also he might have warned the crowd about other aircraft but they are not shown on this video. But then again have you ever heard an early morning VC-10 take off. No need for alarm clocks!
I watched the Concord to a quick trip to Toronto and back from Osh Kosh in 1990
El Concord, Fue El Avión Más Precioso que se haya Construido.... Por Dios, que Cosa Más Linda.
@tim60s321 You wrote the right words about this one of the most beautifull creations made by mankind
Tears in my eyes when i realize this beauty is history
I was stationed at RAF Lyneham in the mid seventies and often took a trip to Fairford to watch her take off. What an absolutely amazing sight and sound. If you ever get the chance, go and see the Vulcan XH558. It's an equally impressive performance and she should be around for a few more years yet hopefully.
NOT ANY MORE , STANASH, She's retired also.
@@MrDaiseymay I know, I wrote that 10 years ago! But I have been to see her in retirement at Doncaster airport. Not sure about her future now though as the airport is closing down
That was a good zoom.
That's a looooooong sub-sonic flight to Oshkosh.
Surely the most beautiful man-made machine that ever flew. Londoners would stop in the street and watch, even if they'd seen her many times before. All day long, neutered planes would tiptoe in and out quietly; then this fabulous freebird, who didn't give a shit how much noise she made, would appear in a wall of unfettered, crackling thunder, blow all the dull and grey things away, and the excited kid sprang up inside you.
Profitable? In money, no. In spirit and soul..? Immeasurably.